(Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace Interior View)
Emperor Lizong of Song liked his concubine Huang Dingxi.
The name of the concubine is not very good, but she is delicate and graceful, and can be said to be a standard beauty, not only the emperor's favorite concubine, but also pregnant with the emperor's child.
But the emperor has a legitimate lady, the concubine is favored, originally quite angry, this time it is good, but also pregnant with the dragon species, this will be born, after the mother is expensive, is not it against the heavens?
If women are fierce, then there is nothing for men.
Madame Zhengpai immediately decided to get rid of the fetus in Huang Dingxi's abdomen.
And the method she used was also very simple, that is, when Huang Dingxi was about to give birth, she forced abortion pills.
Several tastes of abortion pills went down the stomach, and I thought that the child must be stillborn.
Unexpectedly, Huang Dingxi's life was very large, the fetus in her womb was even greater, and the abortion pill did not delay her in giving birth to the child.
This child, who has never been born and has experienced a life and death, is the protagonist of our story today, Song Duzong Zhao Yu.
Although Zhao Yu survived, the effect of the abortion pill still caused a lot of harm to himself, which led to his natural weakness, weak hands and feet, others can walk, he just can climb.
Not only was there a physical problem, Zhao Yu's brain was not very good, and the record of Zhao Yu in the History of Song was already very polite, but it was said that the emperor was stupid and not very smart.
But according to my speculation, the emperor's intelligence is far below the level of normal people.
When Zhao Yu was still the crown prince, his father Zhao Yun of Song Lizong still had great expectations for him, not only inviting all the teachers on the front line of the Southern Song Dynasty to educate his son, but also inspecting his son's homework every day.
The kind that doesn't go wrong with the wind and rain.
(Song Duzong, Zhao Yu)
But Zhao Yu's performance was really unsatisfactory, which made Song Lizong very dissatisfied, Lizong asked such a simple question as one plus one equals several, zhao Yu could answer wrong.
The answer he gives is often one plus one equals zero.
Because he believes that if a cat and a mouse are added together, the cat will eat the mouse, so one plus one equals zero.
Silly, but not completely silly.
In a sense, Zhao Yu's answer was very innovative and philosophical, and it may not be able to be used as an interesting and correct answer, but the ministers at that time unanimously agreed that the prince who did not understand one plus one could not be a prince, let alone take over the Southern Song Dynasty as an emperor.
We can imagine it.
Ministers can work with the wise king, they can also mess around under the hands of the faint emperor, and they can lick the blood under the rule of the tyrannical emperor, but let them serve a fool with an IQ of less than 80, they are ten thousand unwilling.
Among these unwilling people, the most unhappy one was Wu Qian, the prime minister.
(Portrait of Wu Qian)
Wu Qian pointed out directly above the court that Zhao Yu was a low-energy child who could not become an emperor at all, and should choose another heir from the Zhao clan.
It's hard to say, but it's right.
But the honest man Wu Qian did not want to understand a problem, Song Duzong was the heir selected from the people, he himself and the Southern Song Emperor actually did not have much to do with it, let him give up the throne to his son, it is equivalent to giving up the power back to another person who has little to do with himself.
Imperial power is selfish and heavy.
So Song Lizong was very hesitant.
At this juncture when he hesitated, an official named Jia Xiangdao stood up and supported the emperor, and arranged a bunch of charges for Wu Qian, such as blindly managing the emperor's idle affairs and speaking ill of Zhao Yu (the crown prince).
Of course, the emperor was happy to see him succeed, pretended to be angry, and directly assigned Wu Qianfa to work in other places.
After this incident, the ministers all understood what the emperor meant, and no one dared to oppose Zhao Yu's decision to become emperor.
Wu Qian is a bloody example, no matter what, it is difficult for Beijing officials to do it, and they can't lose their jobs.
Jingding five years, October.
Emperor Lizong of Song completed his imperial path and fled in a big way.
Under the ironclad approval of the previous emperor, Zhao Yu became the sixth emperor of the Southern Song Empire.
Although Zhao Yu was a relatively stupid person, his basic concept of right and wrong was still a little, and he understood that he could become this emperor, first, by relying on the favor of his father (Song Lizong), and second, by relying on Jia Rudao's support in the court.
Someone supports themselves, and they have to be thankful.
As a result, Jia Xiangdao was given the title of Taishi and Pingzhang's military state, and the new emperor was basically equivalent to handing over all the military and political and civilian powers of the Southern Song Dynasty to Lao Jia.
Jia Rudao saw that the emperor was a stupid boy, and he didn't need to put it in his eyes at all, so he pushed the boat along the water, firmly grasped the power, was arbitrary, and even began to be childless.
Because Zhao Yu was really stupid, and he was really stupid, the days he spent with the emperor were like coaxing a child who would never grow up.
Southern Song Dynasty officials had to go to the imperial palace every morning, sometimes with busy state affairs, and even at noon and in the evening, they had to go to the palace for temporary meetings.
However, Jia Rudao had a very different privilege from other officials, and the emperor allowed him to return to the dynasty in three days, and later to a dynasty in ten days.
In Zhao Yu's eyes, Jia Xiangdao was a very good person, helping him deal with major state affairs and helping him govern the Southern Song Dynasty, and he could no longer be said to be a favorite, but could almost be said to be the emperor's friend and partner.
Of course, this is all Zhao Yu's own thoughts, because with his INTELLIGENCE, he really can't govern the country, and these things must be done by someone to help him, but this person just happens to be Just like Jia.
The emperor seemed to have developed a morbid dependence on Jia Xiangdao.
(Portrait of Jia Xiangdao)
Every time Jia Rudao retreated and left the palace, the emperor had to stand up and watch him leave before he sat down.
Jia Xiangdao pretended to want to resign, but he directly scared the emperor into tears, and kept him with a handful of snot and tears.
Lao Jia's life is very legendary, and there is no need to say more, because as long as the traitors of the Southern Song Dynasty are mentioned, he must bear the brunt of it.
He was simply a representative figure of the traitorous courtiers of ancient China, and if qin juniper of the previous dynasties knew Jia Xiangdao, he would have to call out to the insider.
Governing the country is nothing, and the southern Song Dynasty has taken the lead.
Here Erjia seemed to lead the Southern Song Empire all the way down, and Emperor Zhao Yu over there did not delay.
Zhao Yu has a small hobby, that is, good female color.
It is normal for men to be lustful, and the emperor is not too, after all, the harem is three thousand, idle is also idle.
There was a palace rule in the harem of the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, the concubines who slept with the emperor every night, and the next morning, they had to kneel outside the palace gate to thank the emperor for his luck.
Early one morning, when the ministers went to court, they found that there were more than thirty concubines kneeling outside the palace gate.
That is to say, there were more than thirty concubines who slept with the emperor last night.
The ministers were adulterous, the emperor fainted, and the Southern Song Empire could be said to be worse than a day.
In contrast, in mongolia in the north, our comrade Kublai Khan has seized the Mongol Khanate, invaded the Sichuan region under the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty, and went down the Han River, returning the military town of Xiangyang.
However, the Defenders of Xiangyang were not vegetarians, and the Mongol Iron Horse was invincible in the world, but it was unable to take Xiangyang in one fell swoop.
These Southern Song Dynasty soldiers held the city for three years.
And without any support.
It's not easy, it's really not easy.
The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian Iron Horse at that time can be said to be the first in the world, and there is no one of them.
Being able to resist the world's first attack once and again in three years can be said to be a miracle in the history of ancient Chinese warfare.
You may ask, the border pass is in a hurry, it is reasonable to say that the imperial court should send troops to support ah, why not send a person to Xiangyang for three years?
The reason is very strange and funny, because the emperor does not know about it.
Three years ago, the news of the siege of Xiangyang City had just reached the imperial palace, and it was intercepted by Jia Rudao.
Jia Xiangdao panicked, as a figure in charge of the country's power, in the face of a sudden war, he did not know what to do, after a moment of hesitation, he decided to press the table first.
Anyway, for him, Xiangyang was just a small city on the border, and the city and pool could not be lost, and the soldiers would not die, which would have little impact on him to continue to control the government.
So he didn't press the table, that is, a full three years.
(Battle of Xiangyang)
People often say that "paper can't wrap fire", but in fact, paper can not only cover fire, but also a package can cover three years.
But in the end, this matter was known to the emperor.
No matter how stupid the emperor was, he also knew that war was not a child's play, so he asked Jia Xiangdao the ins and outs of the whole thing.
Unexpectedly, Jia Rudao chose to fool the emperor again, saying that there was no such thing, the Mongol army did besiege Xiangyang, but they had now retreated.
A bit of rhetoric confused Song Duzong Zhao Yu again.
When the emperor heard that there was nothing wrong, he happily returned to the harem and went happily.
In the distant city of Xiangyang, after more than a thousand days and nights of desperate fighting, the soldiers finally could not hold on.
The emperor was singing and dancing, and the Xiangyang defenders were in the shadow of the sword and light sword.
The emperor was indulging in pleasure, and the Xiangyang defenders were licking blood at the knife edge.
The same land of the Great Song Dynasty is two completely different worlds.
They fought the last feather arrow, exhausted the last falling stone, and finally ran out of food.
The defender of Xiangyang surrendered Lü Wenhuan to the Mongols.
It is reasonable to say that the act of surrender is shameful, and the two armies fight each other, fight and die, and do not surrender until death seems to be the best destination for a general.
In this way, Lu Wenhuan should be spurned and laughed at.
But I think that Lu Ge is good enough, he should not only not be criticized and spurned, but should be sincerely praised.
Without the help of a single soldier, with only tenacious willpower and courage, and without any hope, he still persisted for three years, could not prove his fierce loyalty?
In other words, even if Lu Wenhuan surrendered, what would happen?
An absurd and comical empire, a low-energy emperor, why should these soldiers give their lives for them for no reason?
The emperor's life is fate, and the life of ordinary people is not life?
And isn't it reasonable that such a Southern Song Empire is on the verge of extinction?
What qualifications does such an empire have to survive the test of history?
9th year, New Year.
Although the Mongol army invaded the south and the Southern Song Border Pass continued to be urgent, Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was still a joyful scene.
Lights are lit up, firecrackers are sounding one after another, and people are celebrating the arrival of the new year.
However, this was the last New Year spent by Emperor Zhao of Song.
In July of the same year, Zhao Yu died of illness in Lin'an City.
The Southern Song Empire behind him is also about to usher in a bigger storm.
Mountain rain is about to blow all over the building.
The Empire State Building will fall, and the dynasty will be in danger.
Southern Song Dynasty, how far can you go?